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THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73104

J xa& 28, 1966

Mr* Erie ITSwman

P.0. Box 14020

St* Louis, Missouri 63178

Dear Mr* ITevman,

May X congratulate you on receiving the other silver Heath ^dal for your
paper on the elephant tokens. I have admired your work for years and this gives« the
charee to write and express mv admiration of your basic nmimatic research. Your
1304 dollar paper was a gem. I hope ttia* sane day we wall meet in person, perhaps
at ore of our Oklahoma City seminars in the future.

July 21, 1966

Dr.John F. Lhotka, Jr.

Tho University of Oklahoma Medical Center
800 Northeast Thirteenth Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101*

Dear Dr. Lhotka*

I just returned from Europe and read your very kind
letter of June 28, 1966. I certainly hope we will meet
and I believe I will be at the A.N.A. Convention in Chicago
this August. If, however, you are ever passing through
St.Louis it would be most enjoyable.

The proof of my appreciation of your work, parti¬
cularly the paper which brought you the current Heath
Medal,is that I voted for you in the first place without
any question. When a second round of voting came up
and I found that my own article was being considered for
an award, I resigned from the committee. I had absolutely
no idea the forgery work I was doing was of particular
interest to such a large group.

Let's get together, as I am sure we will have a lot
in common.

Cordially,

ERIC P. NEWMAN

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ERIC P. NEWMAN NUMISMATIC EDUCATION SOCIETY

6450 Cecil Avenue , St. Louis 5, Missouri

June 1, 1977

Mr. Edwin Wolff II
Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Dear Ed:

You were most helpful to me in connection with the background
of houses on the north side of the mouth of Etock Creek, particularly
Budd's Row and the Blue Anchor. I am now trying to finish the write-up
of the research on the coins and some other artifacts found there in the
course of the construction of Highway 1-95 through that location. Would
there be any view of these buildings which I could use as an illustration?
I understand that Watson's 1830 edition has a view of that area and wonder
if you could easily make a photostat.

Thanks for your help.

Sincerely,

Eric P. Newman

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ERIC P. NEWMAN NUMISMATIC EDUCATION SOCIETY

6450 Cecil Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63105

September 27, 1989

Mr. Phillip Lapansky
Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Dear Phil:

I have asked several people if they could determine where the enclosed item
comes from. You will note that it is Plate 50 in some book. Goodspeed's
told me they thought it should be from William Brotherhead, who is a Phila¬
delphian who wrote the Book of Signers. His 1861 edition did not have this
plate nor did his 1875 edition. We were wondering if he published anything
else which could have a number of plates in it.

There is nothing in the numismatic field containing this item, so it must
be in some general historical material. With at least 50 plates this size,
it must be a well known book and no one so far can give me a clue. Can you?

My best.

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ERIC P. NEWMAN NUMISMATIC EDUCATION SOCIETY

6450 Cecil Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63105

October 6, 1989

Mr. Phil Lapansky

The Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 15107-5698

Dear Phil:

Thank you for locating the source of my mystery currency sheet.

As to when my plate was prepared, I find that in the 1860 edition it says
that the 5 previous editions wore out the plates. There were 3 different
editions in 1847 with 65 plates each for the first and second, and 34 plates
for the third. Then the fourth edition had 66 plates and the fifth edition
of 1852 had 68 plates. The 1861 edition which you have has 69 plates. This
certainly must have been a popular coffee table book.

If they wore out the plates, they obviously re-engraved portions and also
could have changed the title and plate numbers by normal alteration of the
engraving plates. Thus minor differences are to be expected, as you well
know.

You have been very helpful.

Eric P. Newman

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Dear Phil: After being out of contact with you for over a year I have two subjects to take up with you. I will put
them in sepapate communications so I can print them out and file them separately.

I read in your Occasional Miscellany that Stephen A. Mihm was a PhD candidate at NYU and was writing his
dissertation on American counterfeiting, etc.during the 1790 -1860 period. I wanted to offer help from my library
as to things you may not have as I have a very large library holding of counterfeit detecting books, magazines,
newspapers, almanacs, broadsides etc. I also have an extensive collection of counterfeit bank notes.I am
assuming from the excerpt that he is not going to cover counterfeiting of coin.

I certainly do wish to obtain a copy of his dissertation when complete. I have written extensively on both coin and
paper money counterfeiting mostly as to 18th century matters. Leave it entirely up to him as to whether he wants
to contact me if you think that is the best way to handle it. My best to you. Eric

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DGL/PMR 5th September 1963

Mr. E. P. Newman,
P.0. Box 14020,
St. Louis,
Missouri,

U.S.A.

Dear Mr. Newman,

Thank you for your letter of 14th August. I am glad
to know that the question of the account is at last cleared
up and I thank you for your remittance in settlement, for
which I enclose a receipt.

With regard to the James III piece, I did not check
the point, but I would imagine that the obverse is similar
to a known medal and the reverse, of course, is similar
to the halfpenny of 1719. If this is correct, therefore,
the dies would have existed and a cast of the two pieces
could have been made.

With regard to the 1760 George II half guinea, I would
suggest a price of £15 for this. Perhaps you will let me
know if this is acceptable.

We are, of course, still keeping an eye open for any
of the false Massachusetts coins to which you refer, but so
far I have not been able to tie anything down definitely.

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Yours sincerely,

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St. Louis,

Mo. 63178,

U.S.A.

Dear Mr. Newman,

Thank you for your letter of the 7th and for your
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I am glad to know you had a satisfactory time at
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Mr. D. G. Liddell
Spink & Son Ltd.

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Dear Mr, Liddell:

Just a note to advise you that a FRANKLIN
PRESS token forgery came out of London this summer,
also, and will be written up shortly in America.

An Auctori Plebis forgery has also been
found and is of English origin.

I am ready to publish on the London ELEPHANT
TOKEN forgeries which are likewise wandering this way.

You will recall that you have a forgery of
an OAK TREE shilling which I wrote up in the Febru¬
ary Numismatist and I asked you if you would give
it to me since I know you will not sell it. You
indicated that you would after checking up on it
and I very much need it for my forgery work. This
is a much more serious problem than many people
realize.

I had my home burglarized, recently, and
so I have Joined the elite group with the rest of you.
Fortunately, all of my nice things were in bank vaults.
I did lose about 1^0 Maundy pieces along with much
United States material.

My kindest personal regards to you and your
associates.

Sincerely yours.

Erio P. Newman
P.O.Box 11*020
St.Louis,Missouri 63178
U.S.A.

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ERIC P. NEWMAN NUMISMATIC EDUCATION SOCIETY

6450 Cecil Avenue, St. Louis 5, Missouri

December 7, 1976

Ms. Christine Ligoske
Treasury Historical Association
1301 Constitution Ave., Rm. 2137
Washington, D. C. 20229

Dear Madam:

Treasury Women 1795-1975 was just sent to me as a member of
the Treasury Historical Association.

It occurred to me that in the period 1800-1860 you did not
locate the record of the women who worked at the U. S. Mint in Phila¬
delphia. There were 54 employed at one time. The picture in Gleason’s
Pictorial Companion for July 17, 1852 shows about 25 women at work weighing
and adjusting. Perhaps you can locate these records and supplement your
history. Mr. Spinner was not very accurate about employing a substantial
number of women for the first time, but at least he was proud of doing it.

Let me know what you find.

Sincerely,

Eric P. Newman

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August 12, 1966

Mr. Eric P. Newman

Edison Brothers Stores, Inc.

400 Washington Avenue
St. Louis 2, Missouri

Dear Mr. Newman:

I have what I believe to be a rare colonial coin or pattern.

It is the same as the New Hampshire 1776 coin with WM on the
reverse side, which is illustrated on page 22 of the Red Book.
Generally, my coin is in better condition than the one shown.

I note that the description in the Red Book states that the
coins were made of pure copper. My coin has a bronze or brass
coloring.

I have discussed this coin with two local dealers and have
written to Mr. Richard Picker in New York. Mr. Picker
suggested that I write to you to obtain more information
about my coin. I will greatly appreciate any information
that you can give me. In particular, I would like to know the
approximate value of the coin and whether their is a possible
market for it. I am a sophomore and am working my way through
college. If this coin has substantial value, I may sell it; so
that I can devote more time to my studies.

I have enclosed a self-addressed, stamped envelope for your
reply. Thank you very much for your trouble.

Sincerely,

Martin Linde

August 23, 1966

Mr. Martin Linde

Dear Mr. Linde:

I have had several Hew Hampshire pieces sub¬
mitted to me in the last year or so and will be
glad to study yours. Please let ne know the source
of your coin so far as you know it.

I just saw Mr. Picker at the Chicago Convention
and he mentioned having heard from you.

This organisation makes no charge for work of
this nature.

Sincerely yours.

ERIC P. NEWMAN

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Robert J. Lindesxnith
P.0. Box 137
Dayton, WA 99328

November 17, 1986

Mercantile Money Museum
7th & Washington
St. Louis, MO 63101

Dear Mr. Hessler:

Thanks for the imformation on the $5 Exchange Bank of St. Louis notes in the
Newman collection. I’m enclosing a color photograph of the PI. C Orange-red overprint
proof on card note in my collection. This represents my first attempt to take color
photographs of notes with a Canon T70 35mm. camera. The results do appear to be better
than those obtained with my old 35mm camera.

As a major reason for my interest in this note, I could mention that I spent my
early years in Duluth, Minn, and some 12-13 interesting years in the copper country
of Upper Mich., after World War Two. Thus my interest in the central vignette of
"Pilot Knob" which was considered one of the greatest deposits of iron ore in the
country in 18U7 - The portrait of Lewis V. Bogy also adds to the background of this
note as he was the President of the Exchange Bank; a Senator; a Colonel; President
of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad and presided over the Pilot Knob Company
for some years. While I'm sure that the above is not new to Newman it does represent
my reasons for considering this an exceptional note.

I certainly do appreciate Newman's offer to show me what he has in Georgia notes
with some advance notice. Possibly will take him up on this offer at some time in
the future. While I have a fairly nice reference collection of Georgia notes, I'm
interested in seeing or locating imformation on notes not found in my collection or
illustrated in various references. As a key item, I would love to see or acquire
photocopies of the George Smith (of Chicago) notes issued by the Atlantic Bank of
Atlanta,Ga and the Interior Bank of Griffin,Ga. Claude Murphy, Jr. has one of the
Atlantic Bank notes in his collection, but so far I have not used the right approach
to acquire a photocopy. As one of the reasons for my interest in George Smith notes,

I could mention that my collection contains an unlisted $5 D note of the Bank of
America located at Washington, DC signed by George Smith as president. Not in the
Ellis Edlow or Julian M. Leidman collections. I also have had a chance to examine
tire George^Smith notes of Wisconsin in the collection of Chester L. Krause.

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In addition to the above, I'mforking on the staples behind the note issues of
the Bank of Darien; Bank of St. Marys; Bank of Columbus and the Wills Valley Railroad. “4
Just to name a few. On the last, I consider it unfortunate that Hoober did not spend &3
more time on the listing of the notes of this Railroad. If he had used the Garland
listing, found in the Tennessee reference as a guide, I'm sure, he would have had
better results.

While I realize that my interest in notes might be different than other collectors,
the above should give a good idea of why I'm interested in checking out other collec¬
tions of Georgia notes. I just hope that my comments are of some interest.

Sincerely,

7th Annual

Aug. 13 -14,1966

St. Louis Coin Festival

Sponsored by

Missouri Numismatic Society : - : A. N. A. Host for 1970

Hi, Eric!

I almost called you the other day, but
decided against it as I know how busy you
always are. 1 hope I didn’t make a bad
decision!

I saw at the Kirkwood Antique Show
this weekend, a large bust of Dantes which
was really something. It appeared to be
made of iron, but really wasn’t. The owner
said it was of the kind of material that
most such articles are made of. Perhaps
you know what that would be. It weighed
too much to simply be plaster paris. As I
remember, she was asking something like
# 20.00 for it, which seemed most reasonble
to me. In fact, it was quite a handsome
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.00 - # 100 . 00 .

I seem to remember that you have several
similar pieces in your house. Hence, my
thoughts of you. If you are interested,
perhaps I can recall who had it and/or trace
it down for you. If I don’t hear to the
contrary, I’ll just forget it.

Best regards, and umpteen million
thanks for everything! You are a real doll!!

Bink

(John, too!)

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19 Roclare Lane
St. Louis, Missouri - 63131

25 September 1966

Mr. Eric P. Newman
Charter Member #4, MNS
645 ° Cecil Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63105

Dear Eric:

A few days ago, I, as MNS Secretary, received the
inclosed undated (but postmarked 10 September 1966) letter
addressed to you from Mrs. Hazel Lindstrom of the Young
Numismatists of A.N.A., 710 W. 26 th Avenue, Pine Bluff,
Arkansas.

Mrs. Lindstrom had addressed her envelope to Mrs.

Mary Pearson, former Librarian of the Missouri Numismatic
Society, who, in turn, sent it on to me with the request
that I see that you get it.

I cannot tell from the contents whether you are per¬
sonally involved with the Young Numismatists of A.N.A.
and this, hence, is strictly a personal matter between you
and Mrs. Lindstrom, or whether she was writing you as a
representative of the Missouri Numisnetic Society. How¬
ever, since I know you know Mr. Ray Lefman, this would
appear to be a personal matter between the two of you;
i.e., Mrs. Lindstrom and you.

For your information, our Society has been contacted
by this organization several times in the past. Since
we could get no Society volunteers to act as their official
local contact, we encouraged our Junior Members to contact
them directly, and so informed subject organization. That
is the current relationship between the Missouri Numismatic
Society and Young Numismatists of A.N.A.

I would appreciate being informed of your disposition
of this matter so I may report back to our Board relative
thereto.

Cordially,

(Mrs. ) Be mice Stevenson,
Secretary

1 Incl.

Undated ltr fr Mrs. Hazel
Lindstrom to Mr. Eric Newman.

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Mrs* Hasel Lindatroa /

710 West 25th Avenue
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Beer Mrs* Lindstromt

Tour letter asking for help for the young
numismatists of the A*N*A* has reached »e, after
passing through many hands*

I feel that you should write directly to
Mr. Lefman and ask him if he will bring the matter
up before some Xansas ^ity group to obtain someone
who will work with you in the project. I think it
would be wrong for me to write Hay Lefaan without
you first hawing taken the matter up directly with
him and without my knowing what is expected of an
Area Supervisor*

Sincerely yours.

ERIC P. 8EWHAN NUMISMATIC
EDUCATION SOCIETT

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GRANT BUILDING
PITTSBURGH 19, PENNSYLVANIA

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Charles Litman
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November 14, 1962

Eric Neviman

400 Washington Ave

St Louis 2, Missouri

Dear Mr Neviman:

Enclosed please find a Continental Dollar and a letter from Dick Picker
whichis self explanatory. I wish you would be good enough to take a look
at this piece and give a opinion if you can.

The Coin looks good to me in every way except the color, but I run across
so few that it is hard to tell, and I would hate to sell a coin and later
have it turn out to be a phony.

Thank you very much.

Yours very truly.

Charles Litman

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Pittsburgh 19, Penna.

Dear Mr. Litraans

There is returned herewith the Continental
Dollar Variety 3-C whiah is a oast, in my
opinion. Details are on the attached memo¬
randum.

There is no charge for this service as it
is a pleasure to do it for you, however, if
you would like to contribute the sum which
you sent toward research in numismatics, that
would be most welcome.

Sincerely yours,

ERIC P. NEWMAN NUMISMATIC
EDUCATION SOCIETY

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September 18, 1989

Mrs. Carol Loeb

16 Maryhill

St. Louis, MO 63124

Dear Carol:

The proceeds of the coins and paper money turned over to me by your family
for sale were $7531.15. A check is enclosed payable to you for distribution
to the proper parties. I was glad to be of help in this matter and delayed
somewhat in the hope the market would improve more.

Your leather suitcase in which the items were delivered can be picked up at
my house whenever you pass by.

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December 7 » i960

Mr. Eric P. Newman

c/o Edison Brothers Stores, Inc.

400 Washington Avenue
St. Louis 2, Missouri

Re: Gilbert Loewenstein, Deceased

Dear Mr. Newman:

Thank you for your generous efforts in helping me value
and liquidate the coins in this estate. It is much
appreciated. Martha Loewenstein can use the money and
will appreciate the $12.50 for her coins.

Thanking you again and with kindest regards, I remain

Yours very truly.

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December 12, I960

Mr. Salton Schreiber, Attorney
8000 Forsyth Blvd.

Caltyon £, Missouri

Dear Mr. Schreiber:

Enclosed herewith is ray check for #12.f>0 for
the envelope of coins and stamps belonging
to Martha Lowenstein. I am sorry it was

not more exciting.

Sincerely yours,

ERIC P. NEWMAN

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December 11, 1953

Mr. Eric P. Newman
3t. Louie, Mo.

Dear Mr. Newman:

I notice your name le given as reference to an article written
by Fred Marckhoff in October 1950 ieeue of Numi3mati3t.

I am a rather new collector of Texa3 Currency and am trying to
form a Type collection of as much Texas material that I can.

From Mr. Philpott and Mr. A. 0. Thomas here in Amarillo (both
who have written articles on Texas Currency) I have obtained a
complete set of Republic of Texas Notes and Govt of Texas notes,
except for $1 note*of the Govt of Texas Series. I do have some
duplicate notes in the 10, 20, and $50 notes of which I obtained
from Max Mehl. What I would like to obtain would be a note of
the following items and thought you might be able to assist me
or could give me a source that I might contact. I would be glad
to trade any of my duplicates or be inte ested in purchasing any
of the following items:

Texas Treasury Notes
Change Notes
Star Notes
Audited Drafts
Texas Banknote
Exchequer Note
Texas Treasury Bond.

I would appreciate hearing from you and am enclosing a self
addressed envelope for your convenience.

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December 15, 19 S3

Mr. M. H. Loewenstern
315 Polk St.

Amarillo, Texas

Dear Mr. Loewensternt

Receipt is acknowledged of your December 11, 19S3
letter inquiring as tq how I might help you with your
Texas paper money collection.

I have exchange* virtually all of my duplicates of
Texas items for other items but I have a $500 Texas
Treasury bond, a $20 Civil War Warrant - the scarce
issue which has the vignette. I will, of course, be
glad to exchange these for anything I do not have in
any kind of paper money or coins of the United States

My set of Republic of Texas notes and Government of
Texas notes is complete except for the $500 Star note
I have a nice group of county and city warrants and
all of the Texas warrants except the $100 note with
the vignette. I do have Texas drafts and other
governmental issues.

Frankly, I do not know any one else who has any of
the scarcer TexasViaterial available.

Good luck in your collecting.

Sincerely yours.

SPN/atb

ERIC P. NEWMAN

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May 3, 195^

Mr. Eric P. Newman

c/o Edison Brothers Stores, Inc.

Executive Offices
400 Washington Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri

Dear Mr. Newman:

Haven»t heard from you in some time. Am wondering if you
have picked up any Texas items that you would consider selling
or trading off.

I have been hoping that you would drop in Amarillo one of
these days in order that we could get together and compare a few

notes

I would like to hear from you at your convenience

M. H. Loewenstern

MHLivh

May 23, 1958

Mr. Hugo H, Loev/enstern
l»l$ M«10th
P* 0. Box U88
Amarillo, Texas

Dear Mr* Loewenstern:

It is always a pleasure to hear from a fellow
collector*

Most of my time has been spent in research
and writing but I have added a few pieces to
my collection.

If you are ever in St, Louis please come to
see me and I will certainly do the same if I
am in Amarillo.

Give my regards to your Denver relatives when
ever you feel like it*

Cordially,

ERIC P.NEWMAN

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October 13 $ 1955

Mr, M. H. Lowe ns tern
315 Polk Street
Amarillo, Texas

Dear ir, Lowenstern:

I must give you enthusiastic congratulations if you
have assembled 300 different Texas numismatic items.

I think that is a remarkable accomplishment and I am
most interested to see them at a convenient time in
the future,

I was fascinated by the photostats you send me and I
had seen neither item,

I decided that I ought to count my own Texas items
and I believe my total reaches 101, I am sure that when
your collection goes on display in Oklahoma City it
will cause endless comment and excitement.

The only duplicate I have of any real importance is the
$20 yellow and black Civil War warrant - not the common
green and black issue. If you have any duplicates in
Texas material perhaps I could yield some of my regular
collection for similar piecesjin other words, if I have
a county note of one denomination which you need we
certainly could substitute some other denomination
for it.

Kindest regards.

Sincerely yours.

EPN/atb

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December 11, 1956

Mr. Eric P. Newman
315 Washington Av.

St. Louis, Mo.

Dear Mr. Newman:

I haven’t written you in some time, but am still
very much interested in the collecting of obsolete
Texas material. If you have obtained any recently,
I would very much like to hear from you.

I have just forwarded my Texas collection to Cris¬
well's in Florida tfho is compiling a new catalog.

Should you come through Amarillo, I would like to
invite you to stay over with us. In the meantime,

I wish you a very Merry Christmas.

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415 West 10th Ave. • P. O. Box 488 • Amarillo, Texas

November 17, 1958

Mr, Eric P. Newman

Edison Brothers Stores, Inc.

315 Washington Av.

St. Louis, Mo.

Dear Mr. Newman:

I have not corresponded with you in some time.

I have in duplicate Criswell's W-l and W-3» which
I would he interested in trading for any Texas county
warrants or other Texas items that I do not have.
Should you decide to dispose of any of your Texas
material, I would appreciate hearing from you.

MHL:ocj

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January 3#- 1 J5k

Mr. Eric P. Newman
315 Washington Are.

St. Louis, Md.

Dear Mr. Newman:

Appreciate your nice letter a few days ago regarding the collecting
of Texas paper money.

I have found the forming of a collection of Texas money is not easy,
however I have been able to obtain a few items from Mr. Jfehl and Mr.
Philpott in Dallas.

I am very much interested in* the duplicate $500 Texas Treasury Bond
that you have and hope I will be able to trade for it in seme manner
if I have something you can use. I have a duplicate Republic of Texas
Certificate of Stock $500, dated 1840 which is in good condition,. I am
wondering if you have one of these. I also have a $1000 and $3000 Bank
of the United States Notes frcm Philadelphia. I do not know much about
the history of these notes and have not been able to find anyone who
can tell me much about them, I have been told they are known as 'Postal
Notes' . I also have tne following Republic of Texas and Govt of Texas
Duplicate Notes:

$5 -

Republic of Texas
• 1 ea

$5

Govt of Texas
- 1 ea

$10

1 ea

$10

2 ea

$20

1 ea

$20

2 ea

$50

$100

1 ea

1 ea

$50

3 ea

I also have a pretty good collection of U. S. Currency, nothing partic¬
ularly rare but do have several duplicates of several notes. I have
quite a bit of various pieces of gold of which I am going to dispose of
m the near future. I have several sets of various Proof coins.

I would like to hear from you as to wnat you are looxing for as I would
like to trade for the Treasury Bond that you have if I can.

We have had correspondence with your Company in tne past regarding a
location here in Amarillo for one of your stores, Amarillo is a mighty

haTS 3 ? bailable at tnis time in. 85* location,
taarillo has increased St* population by 35OOO in the past 3 years.

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Keep us in mind should you decide to come to Amarillo. Amarillo is
wide open in my opinion for a snoe store such as you operate.

Thamcing you again for your nice letter and would lLce to hear from

MHl/rm

A LEXANDER DA VIDS ON, JR • BOOKS 0 127 East 78th Street • New York 21, N. Y.

Tel: RHinelander 4-4168

November 4, 1955

Mr. Eric P. Newman

Edison Brothers Stores, Inc.

400 Washington Avenue
St. Louis 2, Missouri

Dear Mr. Newman:

I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING .*

DOUGLASS (William) - A Discourse concerning the
Currencies of the British Plantations in America.
Especially with regard to their Paper Money. With
a Postcript thereto...London 1751. [ Second edition ],

8vo., Half Morocco. $40.00

This work relates specifically to the emission of
paper currency in all of Brittish North America up to
the mid-Eighteenth Century. Douglass summarizes such

DEVELOPMENTS IN EACH COLONY AND CONCLUDES WITH A DETAILED
REFUTATION OF EACH SCHEME, PRIVATE OR PUBLIC. ThIS IS A
WELL WRITTEN BOOK AND ITS COMPREHENSIVENESS SHOULD MAKE
IT OF INTEREST TO YOU.

I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS FOR YOUR INSPECTION.

AD/rmd

November 18, 1955

Mr* Alexander Davidson
127 East 78th Street
New York 2, Now York

Dear Mr. Davidson:

I appreciate your cooperation in sending me
the fliscourse on Currency, written by William
Douglas in 1751. This does not contain any
particular original material as most of it
appears to have been copied from the reports
filed in the Eritish Parliament in connection
with legislation on American currency in 1750.
This item, therefore, is not what I really
want.

Thank you for sending it to me,however.

Sincerely yours.

ERIC P. NEWMAN

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November 10, 1955

Mr, Alexander Davidson, Jr,

127 East 78th Street

New York 21, New York

Dear Mr, Davidson:

Thank you for your letter of November U offer¬
ing me the Douglass book entitled "A Discourse
Concerning the Currencies of the British Plan¬
tations in America' 1 , This, of course, is pro¬
paganda in connection with the revision of the
British laws prohibiting the issuance of paper
money in the colonies and I would like, very
much, to have the opportunity of seeing it to
see whether it contains any additional facts
than might be published in other discussions
of the subject.

It was very nice of you to contact me on this
and I hope it contains enough unusual material
to be of interest to me.

Sincerely yours.

ERIC P. NEWMAN

EPN/atb

September 28, 1955

Mr* Alexander Davidson, Jr*

12? Sast 78th Street

Hew York 21, New York

Dear Sir:

The Missouri Historical Society advised me
of item No. 10 in your Catalogue No. 52,
being a brief account of the paper currency
of Hew England published in Boston in 17b9*

I would appreciate it if you would send it
to me on approval.

You might also put me on your mailing list
as there are many items I would probably
enjoy which you offer for sale.

Do you, by chance, have any bank note reporters,
counterfeit detectors, sample sheets of bank
note designs? My primary interest in the
field is on coins and currency.

Sincerely yours.

ERIC P. NEWMAN

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A LEX A JVDER DA V IDS ON, JR ° BOOKS • 127 East 78th Street • New York 21, N. T.

Tel: RHinelander 4-4168

October 28, 1955

Mr, Eric P, Newman
Edison Brothers Stores Inc,

400 Washington Avenue
St, Louis, Missouri

Dear Mr, Newman:

I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING

title:

MAGKWORTH (Henry) - Sir H, Mackworth's Proposal
in Miniature, As it has been put into Practice
in New-York, in America,,,London 1720, First
edition, Qvo., Half Calf, Sabin 11-43482,

$100.00

This describes a successful paper money operation

THAT WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE NEW YORK ASSEMBLY AT THE
OPENING OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, L 60,000 IN PAPER
MONEY WAS ISSUED AND FOR THE NEXT FIFTEEN YEARS L4,000
WAS RETIRED ANNUALLY AND BURNED, MaCKWORTH URGES A
SIMILAR PROJECT FOR ENGLAND,

I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEND THIS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

Alexander Davidson jr

AD/rmd

November 2, 19 55

Hr* Alexander Davidson, Jr*

127 Fast 78th Street
New York 21, New York

Dear Hr# Davidson:

Thank you for your letter of October 28, offer¬
ing me the Macicworth Proposal as to paper money*

This is not an item which would be of parti¬
cular interest to me as I already have inform¬
ation as to New York paper currency*

Please do not hesitate to submit to me any other
items you have on American coinage or currency
as it is very difficult for me to describe what
I am interested in*

Sincerely yours.

ERIC P. NEWMAN

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6450 Cecil Avenue, St. Louis 5 , Missouri

December 5, 1977

Mr. David W. Loll
50 Monroe Street
Bridgeton, NJ 08302

Dear Mr. Loll:

There is mailed to you under separate cover 77 of your
pieces from the Philadelphia find. I have sent one piece to the party
who wanted to buy it for $20.00 and as soon as I get a check I will
mail it to you.

I wish to thank you for your cooperation throughout this
entire study and the fact that you were the first one to bring the
situation to my attention. I also want to thank you for giving me and
the ANS and my fellow co-author examples of the pieces.

The study will be published in the March, 1978 Numismatist
and you will be sent a copy. I hope that it will give you a lot
of pleasure reading about it. If I can do anything further for you,
please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Eric P. Newman

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6450 Cecil Avenue, St. Louis 5 , Missouri

August 29, 1972

London Bridge

Lake Havasu City, Arizona 86403
Gentlemen:

We have a broadside in our collection which we think
would be very interesting to you. It is entitled THE NEW STEAMBOAT
GUIDE TO THE RIVER THAMES. It was published about 130 years ago
and describes every site on the Thames River on two sight-seeing
tours, one down the river from London Bridge and the other up
the river from London Bridge. It pictures London Bridge, describes
London Bridge, and, apparently, was sold to tourists taking the
Thames River tour. It has 14 illustrations. It names all the
river steamers, their schedules, their fares, etc.

We believe it would be an excellent item for you to
frame and make available for public view in connection with the
bridge. We feel that its value is $35.00 and if you would like
us to send it for your examination we will be glad to do so.

We would not want the $35.00 but would ask you to buy us something
else for our collection in lieu of it.

If you are interested in seeing the item, please let
me know and it will be sent to you promptly.

Sincerely yours.

EPN/atb

ERIC P. NEWMAN NUMISMATIC
EDUCATION SOCIETY

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LONDON NUMISMATIC CLUB

HONORARY SECRETARY :
ROBERT SEAMAN

TAYLOR’S

TAKELEY

Near BISHOP’S STORTFORD.
HERTFORDSHIRE.

TAKELEY (ESSEX) 753

25th May, 1971.

"Brie p. Newman, Esq.,
c /o. Mr. Nirk Wilson,
Briar Dene,

Fulwood Avenue,

Tarleton,

Near Preston,
Lancashire.

Dear Mr. Newman,

Your letter of the loth May, addressed to
Mr. Robert Bridge, has been passed to me because the
president is in hospital.

The Club’s June meeting is on the 9th of the
month and takes the form of an auction sale. I regret that
we do not meet during your brief stay as we would have been
delighted to see you. The programme for the whole of 1971
has been published and appears in the enclosed Newsletter,
which please accept with the compliments of the Club.

The programme for 1972 is very nearly
finalised but, should you be over in England in 1973, please
let me know and I will see whether dates coincide.

Yours sincerely,

HON. SECRETARY.

LONDON NUMISM A T I C CLUB

NEWS

LETTER

Vol. V

DECEMBER 1970 .

No. 9

CONTENTS:

Ancient Jewish Coinage, by Dr. L. Mildenberg.
Roman Republic Coinage, by Mr. P.J. Goddard.
43rd Club Auction Sale.

Programme for 1971*

New Members : Changes of Address.

OCTOBER MEETING : 6th October

The Club was privileged to be addressed for the first time on the subject of
'Ancient Jewish Coinage' by no less an authority than Dr. L. Mildenberg,

Head of the Numismatic Department of Bank Leu, ZUrich.

Dr. Mildenberg began by distinguishing between coins with Jewish
associations and Jewish coins in their strict sense. Only those struck under
fully autonomous Jewish authority with Jewish types and legends and in metal
of their own choice can really be regarded as Jewish. The only coins which
so qualify are the issues of the ' Two Revolts'. Many other coins, however,
were struck in Judaea, which for convenience generally appear in dealers'
lists as Jewish and it was in its wider context that Dr. Mildenberg then
proceeded to survey the coinage.

YAHUD Coins : The earliest coins to have circulated in Ancient Israel

were all foreign. From about the mid-fourth century B.C. coins begem to appear
which were produced at local mints. These coins, all of extreme rarity, bear
the Hebrew legend 'YAHUD'. The authority responsible for their issue was not
necessarily Jewish; it is more likely that it was not. Judaea at the time was
under Persian rule and the coins were probably issued by the satrap or governor
of the territory of Judah. The 'Yahud' coins are related to other contemporary
issues with Semitic legends and our understanding of these series should improve
with the discovery of each satrapal hoard that is found.

The Hasmonean Coinage : An edict preserved for us in the first book of
Maccabees (ch.15 v.2-9) is of considerable importance for Jewish numismatics. It
records that among other concessions granted by Antiochus Vll permission was given
to Simon the High Priest to "strike money for your country with your own sign”. We
have the edict, but where are the coins? Cider students of the highest merit have
attributed almost every Jewish coin in turn to Simon Maccabaeus. There is now
good reason to think that not a single piece was issued by Simon and that the
earliest Hasmonean issues belong to a later date. How much later, students are
not agreed. Four names appear on the coins but identifying the persons named
is made extremely difficult as amongst the five Hasmonean generations several
people bore the same name. For instance, there are four Yehudas. Most of the
coins, which are all minor bronzes, have Hebrew legends. Greek appears on some

123.

of the later issues and the types, in the main, indicate a Seleucid
influence. The coinage is not really autonomous as is often stated.

The Jews may have been responsible for its issue but it was a coinage
allowed by the Seleucids and the issuing authority is only Jewish in a
derived Sin®®,. . .

T he Herodian Coinag e: Like the Hasmoneans, whom they
followed, Herod and the later members of his family who ruled, struck
coins only in bronze. Also, like the Hasmoneans, their coins were
produced only as the result of a bestowed privilege. This time by
Rome instead of the Seleucids. They v/ere not allowed to strike
silver but otherwise probably had complete control of the coinage.

This quasi-autonomous coinage is wholly pagan in character. Their
own heads or the reigning emperor's portrait is shown on some issues.
Greek legends only arc used and the coins were struck for use in non-
Jewish territories over which the Herods ruled in addition to their
Jewish possessions.

The Procuratorial Coinage : After the banishment of Herod's
son, Arche laus/ in AJ>. 6 Judaea was made a Roman province and many of
the procurators sent to govern issued coins. .The coins were all
small bronzes and were produced locally. None of the issues show a
portrait and all are dated by the regnal year of the Emperor.

Hie Jewish Uar : Hie issuing of coin was among the
responsibilities which the rebel Jewish Government took upon itself
shortly after the outbreak of the war in 66. Hie coins all boar

dates, written in full on the bronze but represented by a letter of the
Hebrew alphabet on the silver. Shekels exist dated for years 1-5,
half-shekels for years 1-4 and quarter-shekels, each represented by
a single specimen, for years 1 and 4. The types are entirely Jewish
and the legends are, of course, in Hebrew. Amongst the coins found
during the excavations at iiasada were specimens of the very rare shekel
of year 5* These added further proof to the argument that these
coins were struck as currency, not as has been suggested, as a token
or temple piece. Bronze coins were struck only during the second,
third and fourth years of the War. All the coins were minted in
Jerusalem.

Tlie Roman Triumphal Coinage : If the Hasmonean coinage was
used as a means to inform, the newly established Flavian dynasty was
certainly not afraid to repeat itself. The subjugation of the Jews
was to provide a theme that was kept constantly in the public eye.
Throughout tlio reigns of Vespasian, Titus and Domitian, coins were
struck in all three metals with the legend IVDAEA or IVDAEA CARTA and
showing Jewish captives beside a military trophy or palm tree.

The Bar Kochba Uar : A second bid for independence was made
by the Jews in A.D. 132 which again, in defiance of the Emperor (this
time Hadrian), was accompanied by the issue of coins. Most of the
coins boar the name 'Simon' which, on the bronze issues, is usually
expanded to 'Simon Prince of Israel 1 . On some of the coins
'Eleazar the Priest' is named.

124 .

V/e know from letters found at Murabba'at and Mahal Hover,
both near En Gedi on the Dead Sea, that the real name of the leader
of the revolt was Simon bar Kosiba. Car Kochba (Son of a Star)
was given to him by his followers and had a messianic connotation.

All the Jewish coins of the Bar Kochba V/ar are overs truck
on official Roman-or local issues. On the denarii traces of the
undertype are often visible. It is much more unusual to see
traces of the original type on the bronze coins, but file marks are
quite common. Dated coins exist for years 1 and 2 but a large
number of coins are undated. The revolt lasted three years and by
closely examining the dies, and in particular from a tetradrachm die
which developed a flaw, it'was proved by Dr. Mildenb$rg that the
undated coins belonged to the last year.

The typos are much richer in variety than those of the
first Revolt. The Temple appears on the obverse of the tetradrachms
and the reverse shows the a lulab and ethrog, except for one variety
where the ethrog is missing. Two main obverse types are found on
the denarii, a bunch of grapes and a wreath around the name Simon. :

Hie reverse show vessels or musical instruments used in the. Temple
services. The bronze coins are of three sizes. Large module
coins, usually in the range 30-32mm., show an amphora on the obverse
and a wreath on the reverse. Two main types appear on the medium
bronze , 23-25mm*, vine leaf/palm tree and lyre/palm branch in a ■
wreath. The small module coins, l6-19mm., are all of the type
bunch of grapes/palm tree. There- are several varieties of legends
and dates in each bronze group-. i

An excellent series of slides,, prepared by Mr. Richard Du
Cane, Was shown to illustrate each phase of the Jewish coinage and
Dp* Mildenbjfrg kindly'- answered many questions after his talk.

IK) VENDER IiEeklMC- ; 4th November

Mr*- D.J. Goddard, a member of the Club, gave a talk on the Roman
Republic Coinage. He remarked that, if one asked the average man
in Britain when Roman history began, he would tell you that it started
in 55 B.C. with the Invasion of these islands by Julius Caesar, and
that it does not roally get under -way until. A.D. 43 when Claudius
finally conquered Britain. Certainly to - most coin collectors in
this country the Roman series means the Imperial coinage - how many
collections of Roman coins begin with a portrait of Julius Cacecr?

In these circumstances it probably comes as a surprise to most people
to learn that the Roman Republic lasted as long as the Roman Empire.

125.'

In fact, ancient authors with an. eye to symmetry rather than strict
historical accuracy managed, by ’adjusting’ the dates a little, to
make them last an exactly equal period of tine (some 492 years).

However we reckon, the Roman Republic lasted almost 500 years, from
the overthrow of the last king, Tarquinius Superbus, at the end of
the sixth century B.C. (the traditional date of 509 is not likely to
be far wrong) to tho establishment of the Second Triumvirate .in. 43 B.C.

For a large part of this time, some 200 years in fact, the
Roman Republic Issued no coinage. This calls for some explanation.
Hie early Roue was not a city in our sense of the word; later Roman
tradition invested the primitive city with a glamour which it certainly
did not possess. It consisted of little more than a fortified
hill-top - tho Capitol - with a flat open space at its foot that
was used as a market place and for any public business transactions.

Hie Roman people were yeoman farmers, owning their own plot of land and
producing enough to feed themselves and their families. They were
self-sufficient, their surplus produce would bo bartered and so they
had little use for money. The Latin word for money is pecunia,
derived from the word for a cow. Tho magistrates of the Republic
were unpaid, elected for a year at a time, and farmers like the rest
of the citizen body. Hie story of Cincinnatus well illustrates
this.: In c.450 B.C. envoys came from the Senate to tell him that ho

had been chosen as dictator to meet an enemy threat. They found him
at his plough, he left it, led the army to victory in 16 days, laid
down his dictatorship, and returned to his ploughing. Hie point
being that there was no standing army, a levy was held as required
and the citizens provided their own equipment and received no pay.

Hie first 200 years of the Republic was spent in establishing
Rome's hegemony over Central Italy. This happened more by accident
than by design. Romo allied herself with other Latin towns against
the raids of the mountain peoples with less fertile land and, after
conquering them, she found herself supreme in Central Italy. about
296 Rome was involved in wars with Etruria and Samniun and shortly
afterwards with the Greek cities of South Italy, who had long
established coinages. The growing involvement of Romo in
international matters and her growing prestige in the ancient world
at this time leads us to expect to find her issuing coinage. Hie
evidence from hoards indicates that soon after 300 B.C. the first
specifically Roman coinage appears. Prior to this tir .10 tho Romans
had used ordinary lumps of metal ( aos rudo ) as a means of exchange.
Later the bronze was cast into bars with a device on each side
(Eaglo/Pegasus, Anchor/Tripod, Sword/Scabbard) - this was tho
aes signatun . Pieces of aes rudo and aes signaturq arc often
found in hoards along with the first bronze coinage proper.

126.

The earliest coinage takes two forms - the heavy bronze
coinage known as aos grav e, and a silver and token bronze issue. The
ao s grave is based on the as and its subdivisions. An as- contained
twelve unciao (ounces) and the denominations issued wore as, sends,
triens, quadrans , sextans, u ncia and senuncia. Between 2$0 and
230 there were two main series,- the heavy and the light. 'The heavy
series was based on an as of about 3^0 grammes. This contains two
issues, one with Janus/hercury and the-other with Apollo/Apollo.

Other gods wore represented on the smaller denominations and also
subjects such os barley-corns, open hands, knuckle-bones, etc.

Around 250 there was a slight reduction in weight to an as of about
323 grammes - the light scries. The- sane typos appear on tho as
already known from the heavy series and- there is the addition of
Roma/Roma and Rdma/biieel.

About 230 there is a substantial reduction in the standard
to a now as of 273 grammes. This is tho Libral series (Libra =
pound). Typos have now become standardised with a deity on tho
obverse (Janus, Saturn, Minerva, Hercules, Mercury and Bellona) and
a prow on the reverse. Those typos persist, with very rare
exceptions, to the- end of the Republic and it is this that has made
them dull to collectors. But no collection is complete without some
bronze; tho Romans wore themselves very proud of their bronze and
regarded it as-truly Roman.

• Tho silver and bronze token issues mentioned earlier sc-om
to have boon struck for use in transactions with foreign states, as
distinct from the aes gr ave which was used for internal transactions.
This is indicated by the use of a Greek rather than a Roman standard
for the coins and that tho bronze coins arc indeed tokens, and they
appear in separate hoards. The silver coinage falls into two groups
first are the ROMANO (= Rouanorum) didrachms. They have a close
similarity to tho issues of the Greek cities of South Italy (Magna
Graecia), in particular those of ITotapontum. Thero are four main
types: Mars/llors'e's Iloa'd, Apollo/Horse, liercules/Uolf and Twins,

and Roma/Victory. The second group, which starts at about tho same
time as tho lighter ao s xy avo, includes- clidrachms and drachms with the
legend ROM. There are-throe types: ifars/ilorse, Mars/Horse*s Hoad,
and Apollo/horso. Their association with tho ae s grave , the light
series, is established by the mintmarks (sickle and club) which appear
on some didrachms and some issues of aos grave . Tho probability is
that all the coins come from the Rome mint.

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About tho sar .10 time as the reduction to tho Libral bronze
standard, the Greek style silver pieces and the bronze tokens cease,
Ahoy are replaced by a now didradhq/drachm which, from its reverse-’
typo, is known as' the- quad r igatu s. It is distinctively Roman in.its

typo. The mint is now definitely at Rome and tho first, very small,
issue of Republican gold appears.

127.

Iho outbreak of the Second Punic Uar in 21o B.C., also marks
a landmark in the coinage. There is a reduction in the bronze by
half, the seni-libral series. This series did not last very long and
in the period following the bronze standard rapidly declines. Lower
denominations, sextans to quartuncia, wore now struck, instead of
cast. Sydcnhan trios here to distinguish a triental, sextantal and
uncial standard, but this is very debatable. Ten, five, three and
two as pieces were now issued that, in the next phase, wore soon to
disappear. Probably'within a few years of the outbreak of war, due
to the silver shortage, the quadri^atus was debased. In about 212
tho quadriratus ceased to be issued and its half liras replaced by a new
style drachm known as the victoriatus . It is now that the first

Roman silver coin appears - tho denarius, which is still with us
today in various forms. No other coin has enjoyed such a long and
widespread popularity. Its subdivisions were the quinarius and the
sestertius, both silver pieces. Tho dating of the introduction of
tho denarius to this period hinges on the crucial archaeological
evidence from the site of Ilorgantina in Sicily where examples of the
earliest issues have been found securely scaled beneath the destruction
level of that town, destroyed by tho Romans in 212 B.C. as wo know from
literary sources. In 209 B.C. there was a further gold issue with

Mars/Eagle typos. Prom Livy it would appear that some gold was given

in bullion form to the army commanders and this, in turn, suggests
military mints outside Romo, which is what we find. There are
identifiable mints in Sicily and Sardinia, and also at Corcyra, Croton
and Vibo (the last two only struck victoriati). ilost of the mints
issue denarii, victoriati and bronze, and some gold. They all have a
distinguishing symbol or monogram.

The military mints ceased production in 202 B.C. with the
defeat of Carthago and coinage is once more concentrated on Rome. Two
new innovations make their appearance, both affecting the reverse types:
first, there is a new reverse typo of Diana in a chariot which continues
side by side with tho Dioscuri (a little later, other gods also appear
in chariots);, second, monograms of monoyers roplacc the symbols on
some issues.and the symbols gradually die out, to be replaced first by
abbreviations of- the monoyers' names and later by the names in full.
About 190 B.C. the victoriatus goes out of production and the bronzes
settle down to about 27 grammes to tho as (the uncial standard).

The Dioscuri or god in chariot reverse continues until about
145 when different and more varied reverses make their appearance.
Gradually the Dioscuri reverse is discontinued although the god in
chariot was to appear sporadically until the end of the Republic.

Family scenes with references to illustrious ancestors are introduced
as reverse types. Another innovation was the re-tariffing of the
denarius at 16 asses and the cessation of the as for about 30 years.

128.

There is one fixed point of roforonco here (the first since
the introduction of the denarius) and it is provided by the Nnrbo
issues of ll8. These pieces were struck for distribution to the

colonists who were going out to found the colony of liar bo in the
recently acquired province of Gallia Narbonensis. The obverse carries
the conventional head of Roma but the reverse shows a Gaulish warrior
in a chariot and the names of the two founders of the colony,

L, Licinius Crassus and Cn. Dcnitius Ahonobarbus.

To date the obverse type of head of Roma has remained
constant, the only'variation being in the style of helmet or the
ear-rings. Nov/, for the first tine, how obverse types appear.

In 113 the Jugurthan War broke out and a very distinctive style with
well cut dies, large flans with the head on the obverse filling the
flan, seems to emanate from a mint in South Italy. Hie normal types
continue to be struck at Romo. Another innovation is coins struct:
by magistrates other than the regular monoyors, usually quaestors in
this period. Those coins are distinguished by the legend EX S.C.

nftor almost a decade of peace the Social Uar broke out in
91 B.C. It led to the allies electing two consuls and striking
their own coinage. This features the replacement of the head of
Roma by Italia, Oscan legends, and the coins being signed by the
confederate consuls. There is a reduction in the bronze and the
sestertius is re-introduced.- The Social t/ar ended in 89 and two
years later, in 87 , saw the start of the Civil Uar between liarius and
Sulla. This involvement of play and counter-play ended with Sulla
victorious and 30 years of relative peace ensued. It is during this
period that the Roman Republican coinage reaches its zenith, the
silver denarius being the solo denomination. This is- also the
high water mark of Roman civilization in general, the poriod of
Cicero, Catullus, Lucretius and Sallust. There are the Gallic
and Parthian wars but the major event is the outbreak of civil-war
in January 49 B.C., after the failure of negotiations between Caesar
and Pompey. Consular coinage was issued after the crossing of the
Rubicon, and Caesar issued his own military coinage. Pompey was
defeated at the battle ‘'of Pharselus'in 48, and in 47/6 Caesar
campaigned in Africa where ho defeated iietellus Scipio at Thapsus in
46o All this military movement obviously required coinage to pay
the troops and the different factions wore not slow to fulfil the need
and advertise their cause on the types. The first regular issue of
gold appears.

Early In February 44 B.C., Caesar became ‘Dictator Perpetuo’,
Dictator for life, approximately a month as ho was assassinated on the
Ides (13th) of biarcli that year. For the first time the portrait of
a living Roman statesman appeared on the coins. A lead that, in the

129.

civil war that followed, many of the contestants were to follow.

Perhaps the most famous of : the pieces of the period is that of Brutus
bearing his obverse portrait and a reference to the murder on its
reverse with the two daggers, cap of Liberty and legend EID MAR.

But, even this was struck after the end of the Republic. The end
was: marked on November 27th, 43 B.C. with the passing of the Lex Titia;
Brutus' coin was struck to pay his troops in 43-42 before the final
confrontation at Philippi and his suicide.

DECEMBER MKB’iAiNG ; 10th- December

Jhis was the occasion of the Club's 43rd Auction Sale. Messrs.

R*. Seaman and 17,■ Claridge acted as auctioneers, Mr,- A.C. Eraser as
cashier, and Mr, R.N.-P. Hawkins as steward. A total of l4o lots

were offered and 7 of these were withdrawn Of the remaining l4l
sold, 2 6 lots formed part of the Rogers Bequest. The Club's finances
benefitted from this Auction by the sum of £73. 4. 8d., made up of
S57,Cd realised on the Rogers Bequest and 313. 8, 8d from
commission on the sale of members' lots.

Thursday, 7th January

PROGRAMME FOR 1971

Miss Marion .Archibald, H.A.
"The Colchester Hoard"

Tuesday, 9th February

PiJ. Seaby, Esq,
"Monsters on Coins"

V/ednesday, 10th March

Members -Own Contributions

V/ednesday, 7th April
Tuesday, 4th May

Annual General Mooting

V/ednesday, 9th Juno
Thursday, 8th July

E.J. Harris, Esq, D.Sc.

"Composition and Treatment of Coins"

44th Club Auction

Simon Bendall, Esq.
"Roman Colonial Coinage"

Tuesday, 10th August

Major-General J, Sheffield, C.B., C.B.E.
"Medals"

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PROGRAMME FOR 1971 (cont.)

Tuesday, 10th August

Wednesday, 8th September
Thursday, 7 th October

Tuesday, 9th November

Thursday, 9th Becomber

D.F C Fell, Esq.

"Spanish South-America"

Members Cun Contributions

N 0 F. Turner, Esq.

"The Effects of the Decimal Currency"

Herbert Schneider, Esq.

"Research Criteria for Mill Series"

43th Club Auction

The Club has recently moved to larger premises and can
accept a feu more members. Applications should be addressed
to the Secretary at Taylor's, Takeley,. Hear Bishop's Stortford, Herts.

HEW MEMBERS

Christopher John Wood, English hammered, esp. Plantagenot

pennies

Major-General E.S. Cole, C.B., C 0 B.E.,

The Bronze Penny

131.

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Secretary: Robert Seanan, Taylor’s, Talcoley, Nr. Bishop’s Stortford,

Herts.

Treasurer: D.F. Foil, 29, Coval Road, East Sheen, London, S.U.14.

Editor: P«A. Clayton, 6, Handside Close, Uelwyn Garden City, Herts.

MEMBERS ARE REMINDED SLAT SUBSCRIPTIONS F AT.T. DUE ON JANUARY 1st : EARLY
RECEIFT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED - BANKERS ORDERS ARE AVAILABLE SHOULD

ANYONE CARE TO USE THEM.

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DEAR MR NEUMAN-.

UE HAVE FOUND A 24 HOLE PLANCHE* STRIP BURIED IN THE BACK OF THE
SAFE THAT YOU CAN HAVE FOR THE SAME PRICE AS THE IS HOLER.

UE ARE UNABLE TO SHIP AND BILL AS UE DO NOT HAVE A CREDIT RATING
ON YOU-. SO UILL REQUIRE A CHECK BEFORE SHIPPING •

IF YOU ARE STILL INTERESTED PLEASE REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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YOUR FRIEND-.

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May 15, 1978

Lonesome John

3475 Old Conejo Rd. C-6

Newbury Park, CA 91320

Dear Sir:

Enclosed is check for copper strip
with 24 holes. Thank you for
finding it.

Sincerely,

Eric P. Newman

From the desk of
ERIC P. NEMAN

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SPECIALIZING IN ERROR COINS.
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DATE

December 29, 1975

Dear Eric,

Your book is on the way, aperate
cover. Ed Fleischmann called me some
time ago; perhaps ten days or more. How¬
ever, we were in the middle of moving and
your order was lost. My apologies.

Your friend,

Lonesome John

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FROM THE JOHN LONGLEY’S 1991

The holiday season has gently and pleasantly passed away, and
we can get back to postponed activities. The cards that we
received, many with messag^son them, were greatly enjoyed.
Personal and family experiences ‘recounted gave us much
vicarious pleasure.

As to our own "doings" during the year, Lillian in the
interests of her painting took a trip to the King Ranch in
Texas; to Kennebunkport in Maine (didn’t see Mr Bush);
several trips to the gallery in Wei I fleet on Cape Cod; and
two weeks in New Mexico all of which were productive. John
did only a small amount of traveling, preferring not to get
too far from home and familiar surroundings.

All of our progeny and their progeny down to the third
generation are well^and as dlv/ays in a state of flux.

The address book is always written in pencil for the changes
that inevitably occur with the younger generation and their
positions and transfers.

We wish, not only all ot*you, but everyone peace and
happiness this year to come and always.